It's doubtful the article, regardless of who published it (Tyrannical or otherwise) explained the whole story.
I question how this Omar Ba treated the French when he arrived. He obviously didn't want to go through official channels to become a legalized French citizen. How did he treat those around him? Maybe they weren't jerks as much as he argues, but he was a jerk to them.
Maybe that's just me. He never mentions anything like 'oh, I worked so hard and they rejected me!' - He comes from a different culture. I remember one African gentleman that I worked with that talked about female circumscision being rather normal in his country - such a gruesome process - as being rather rational and normal. Maybe this man didn't treat the women he wanted to entice with proper 1st world respect? I mean, in the US, it's never mattered what you looked like, but how you lived...We have tons of racially mixed families because people fell in love with those they thought compatible.
There's more to this story, I think, than a poor, unfortunate man from Senegal falling into the trap of poverty.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
